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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Spargel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Spargel
Friedrich Kluge2510074An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Spargel1891John Francis Davis

Spargel, m., ‘asparagus,’ from the equiv. MidHG. spargel; the latter was formed from Lat. asparagus, which was also the source of the equiv. Du. aspersie, Fr. asperge, Ital. sparagio. Note Swiss šparse.